The Bishop And The Busman Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DBEB FDFD BDBD DDFD FDFD DFDD DGBG DBHB FDFD DBDB DDID JFBD DKIK DDDD DDDD FBBB DFKF LFKF| It was a Bishop bold | A |
| And London was his see | B |
| He was short and stout and round about | C |
| And zealous as could be | B |
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| It also was a Jew | D |
| Who drove a Putney 'bus | B |
| For flesh of swine however fine | E |
| He did not care a cuss | B |
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| His name was HASH BAZ BEN | F |
| And JEDEDIAH too | D |
| And SOLOMON and ZABULON | F |
| This 'bus directing Jew | D |
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| The Bishop said said he | B |
| quot I'll see what I can do | D |
| To Christianise and make you wise | B |
| You poor benighted Jew quot | D |
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| So every blessed day | D |
| That 'bus he rode outside | D |
| From Fulham town both up and down | F |
| And loudly thus he cried | D |
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| quot His name is HASH BAZ BEN | F |
| And JEDEDIAH too | D |
| And SOLOMON and ZABULON | F |
| This 'bus directing Jew quot | D |
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| At first the 'busman smiled | D |
| And rather liked the fun | F |
| He merely smiled that Hebrew child | D |
| And said quot Eccentric one quot | D |
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| And gay young dogs would wait | D |
| To see the 'bus go by | G |
| These gay young dogs in striking togs | B |
| To hear the Bishop cry | G |
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| quot Observe his grisly beard | D |
| His race it clearly shows | B |
| He sticks no fork in ham or pork | H |
| Observe my friends his nose | B |
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| quot His name is HASH BAZ BEN | F |
| And JEDEDIAH too | D |
| And SOLOMON and ZABULON | F |
| This 'bus directing Jew quot | D |
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| But though at first amused | D |
| Yet after seven years | B |
| This Hebrew child got rather riled | D |
| And melted into tears | B |
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| He really almost feared | D |
| To leave his poor abode | D |
| His nose and name and beard became | I |
| A byword on that road | D |
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| At length he swore an oath | J |
| The reason he would know | F |
| quot I'll call and see why ever he | B |
| Does persecute me so quot | D |
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| The good old Bishop sat | D |
| On his ancestral chair | K |
| The 'busman came sent up his name | I |
| And laid his grievance bare | K |
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| quot Benighted Jew quot he said | D |
| The good old Bishop did | D |
| quot Be Christian you instead of Jew | D |
| Become a Christian kid | D |
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| quot I'll ne'er annoy you more quot | D |
| quot Indeed quot replied the Jew | D |
| quot Shall I be freed quot quot You will indeed quot | D |
| Then quot Done quot said he quot with you quot | D |
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| The organ which in man | F |
| Between the eyebrows grows | B |
| Fell from his face and in its place | B |
| He found a Christian nose | B |
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| His tangled Hebrew beard | D |
| Which to his waist came down | F |
| Was now a pair of whiskers fair | K |
| His name ADOLPHUS BROWN | F |
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| He wedded in a year | L |
| That prelate's daughter JANE | F |
| He's grown quite fair has auburn hair | K |
| His wife is far from plain | F |
William Schwenck Gilbert
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